The Lakes face convulsive pressures from climate change, microplastics, PFAs and other significant threats. The best way to handle those issues is through a strong and continuing partnership with Canada and Canadians.
Agricultural runoff, less wintertime ice cover and strong storms that deposit nutrients into the lake are other possible reasons for a surge in cyanobacterial blooms.
To aid in restoration across the state, the Michigan Wild Rice Initiative, comprising tribes indigenous to the Great Lakes region, state officials, and academic experts, created a stewardship plan.
It’s the first day of spring, and we’re already dreaming of summer. Bridge is compiling the must-see places in Michigan. We’ll spend spring making a list and summer exploring. But first, we need your help.
The protection of our state and national parks, forests, Great Lakes and wildlife refuges is not just an environmental issue — it’s a moral and economic imperative.
Michigan residents can purchase or renew their fishing licenses ahead of the season, which starts April 1. Licenses can be bought online or at authorized locations.
The Trump administration is challenging Great Lakes unity and progress as never before. It’s going to require our congressional delegation to stand up for the basic functions of the federal government and science.
Mackinac Island rejected planned price hikes for the two passenger ferries servicing the island. Both are owned by the same Florida company that is now suing the city, claiming officials overstepped their authority.
Scientists in an Ann Arbor research office were among hundreds fired nationally as the Trump administration slashes staff within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Fish and wildlife officials tasked with holding back a species that would otherwise decimate the Great Lakes fishery were among those caught up in a mass purge of federal workers. Dozens, if not hundreds, of workers in other agencies were also fired without notice.
Warmer temperatures and reduced ice cover on the Great Lakes are making Michigan winters messier, leading to more intense lake-effect snow and disruptions to winter activities like ice fishing.
Logging, overfishing and competition from non-native trout wiped out Michigan’s Arctic grayling population nearly a century ago. But the fish will soon swim again in tributaries of the Boardman, Manistee and Maple rivers.
Ten years ago, scientists discovered ancient hunting camps beneath the lake. Now, DNA samples from a submerged peat bog could produce more revelations about the prehistoric Great Lakes.
As climate change increasingly shapes the Great Lakes region’s ecology and economy, scientists plan to use underwater robots to gather previously inaccessible data they say will help communities adapt.
